English language use at the internationalised universities of Northern Europe: Is there a correlation between Englishisation and world rank?
English language use at the internationalised universities of Northern Europe: Is there a correlation between Englishisation and world rank?
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北欧国际化大学的英语使用情况：英语化程度与世界排名之间是否存在相关性？
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2014
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A. Hultgren
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A. Hultgren
自20世纪90年代末以来，欧洲大学经历了以国际化、协调化和竞争为核心的戏剧性变化。这篇论文涉及这些变化的两个具体后果及其相互关系：排名和英语化，后者被定义为在英语不是官方语言的民族国家的大学里英语使用量的增加。尽管最近对英语化的研究激增，但目前尚不清楚当前的组织变革在多大程度上不可避免地需要同时向排名和英国化倾斜，也不清楚在不增加英语使用的情况下能否获得较高的排名，反之亦然。本文以丹麦的八所大学为例，利用最近编制的政府统计数据，考察了丹麦八所大学中每所大学七个著名排行榜的综合排名与英语使用程度之间的关系。研究结果表明，虽然有一些证据支持这种相关性，但总的来说，排名较低的大学使用英语的可能性低于排名较高的大学，但也有一些值得注意的例外。有人认为，这些发现可能会揭示，从意想不到的后果还是理性选择的角度来解释北欧大学的英语化是最好的。
Abstract European universities have, since the late 1990s, undergone dramatic changes centred on internationalisation, harmonisation and competition. This paper is concerned with two specific consequences of these changes and their interrelationship: rankings and Englishisation, the latter defined as an increase in the use of English at universities of nation states where English is not the official language. Despite a recent surge in research into Englishisation, it is not yet clear to what extent current organisational changes inevitably entail an orientation towards both rankings and Englishisation or whether a high rank can be attained without the use of English being increased and vice versa. Using as a case study Denmark’s eight universities, this paper examines the relationship between the combined rank on seven well-known ranking lists of each of Denmark’s eight universities and the extent to which English is used in them, drawing on recently compiled government statistics. The findings suggest that while there is some evidence in support of a correlation, in that lower-ranked universities are, on the whole, less likely to use English than higher-ranked ones, there are some notable exceptions. It is suggested that the findings may shed light on whether Englishisation at the universities of Northern Europe is best explained in terms of unintended consequences or rational choices.